Overview

• Benfica are reported to be preparing a £25.6 million bid to bring the 25-year-old forward back to Lisbon.
• Talks over the transfer could take place at the Club World Cup round-of-16 fixture between Chelsea and Benfica this weekend.
• Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has excluded Félix from squad plans and the club is open to selling him to fund new attacking recruits.
• Félix, who joined Chelsea permanently last summer for £45 million, has six years remaining on a contract that pays around £130,000 per week.
• The Portuguese youth product has struggled for consistency since leaving Benfica in 2019 and endured an underwhelming loan spell at AC Milan earlier this year.